As adults we try to relax from the never-ending quest for reason and order by drinking a little whiskey or smoking whatever works for us, but the wisdom isn’t in the whiskey or the smoke. The wisdom is in the moments when the madness slips away and we remember the basics.
WILLIE NELSONI never pretended to have a great voice. It works and I can carry a tune. If you have a good song, that’s about all that’s required.
More Willie Nelson Quotes
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What has changed is that nothing has changed. That’s what has made me more unhappy than everything else.
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You can’t make a record if you ain’t got nothin’ to say.
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Heard you told him that you’d love him ’til the end of time. Now that’s the same thing that you told me.
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Be gentle with your words – you can’t take them back.
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There are more old drunks than there are old doctors.
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If you wait for tomorrow to follow your dreams, by the time that you get there they’re gone.
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You will never find happiness until you stop looking for it.
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When songs fall from the sky, all I can do is catch them before they hit the ground.
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A frozen river is not a dry one, it’s just a still river on the surface but is still moving, and so am my winter writing.
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God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere.
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I’m an old fashioned joint smoker ya know.
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Let’s get the government stay out of our private lives, once and for all, and stop arresting smokers. Let’s take a stand for personal freedom.
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Just take what you need from the ladies and leave them.
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When evolution has been outlawed, only the outlaws will evolve.
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Ninety-nine percent of the world’s lovers are not with their first choice. That’s what makes the jukebox play.
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